"a
team from the city's Mahidol University wants to use genetic material from a
white elephant owned by the 19th century monarch King Rama
III."

In practice they will need to introduce the whole ADN
genotype as it is in a regular embrionary cell or similar (fast grow tissues)
into a ovocell and hope that the inserted nucleus work, something similar to the
cloned ewe.

By the way we will need to redefine our concept of life, not
because it will be totally new but because we have introduce new parameters to
reinitiate life. Not only because of cloning, but because the medicine and
pharmacology advances that has extended life further than the genotype of any
individual will permit in certain circumstances. i.e. to quote a simple and
common case-example:"mothers that cant bear a child by a natural
child-birth must necessary died, because since Octavious "Roman Caesar
Emperor" times cesarean operation exist, and no body will admit to left a
mother to be, died from child-birth because it is against some defected or
malfunctioning genes that are not working at that moment in that
women".I will include a recently e-message
excerpt"Extracting DNA Samples From the Dead Has Some Resting
Uneasy."USA Today, 1 December 98, 6D.An increasing number of
funeral homes and cemeteries arecollecting DNA samples from the dead to
preserve a geneticrecord that could provide medical information to the
familiesof the dead. Some critics of the practice question whethertaking
DNA from people without getting their consent beforethey die is legal or
ethical.

Well, there is enough material for life
discussion

Cesar

At 04:58 PM 7/01/99 +1300, you
wrote:>I enclose this article to ask a fundamental queation of you
scientists and>doctors out there.>Is it really possible to clone
from a dead animal? To "create" life from>what is
dead?>Is there any evidence that this can be
done?>Clive>>>================>>BBC News |
Asia-Pacific |>>1) Thais to clone elephants>>Saturday,
January 2, 1999 Published at 11:16 GMT>>>>All white
elephants property of Royal family>>Scientists in Thailand have begun
a project to clone>>an elephant from the preserved remains of a
prize>>specimen that died more than a 100 years ago.>>The
Bangkok Post newspaper says a team from the>>city's Mahidol University
wants to use genetic>>material from a white elephant owned by the
19th>>century monarch King Rama III.>>>>Body parts
from the elephant, said>>to have been of an extremely
rare>>variety, have been preserved in>>alcohol for more than
a century.>>Elephants are the country's>>national symbol.
White ones have>>lighter colored skin around their>>ears,
eyes, trunks, and sometimes>>other parts of their
bodies.>>>>Prized for their rarity and>>the belief
they bring good>>luck, all white elephants in>>Thailand are
automatically>>the property of the
Royal>>family.>>The scientists have>>already
succeeded in>>cloning a cow. They>>[\who've
already>>succeeded in cloning a>>cow\] say they have
been>>inspired by American>>efforts to clone a
mammoth.>>The 10-year project will replenish Thailand's
wild>>elephant population. It has dwindled from
around>>50,000 in the 1960s to just 2,000 in the wild
today.>>Between 3,000 and 5,000 are domesticated
animals>>The main problem has been the shrinking area
of>>the animals' natural habitat, which is now too small>>to
support them in large numbers. Even in the>>country's main national
park the herds are>>scattered and cross-breeding is
virtually>>impossible.>>The long-tusked bull elephants have
also been>>targeted by poachers. Other elephants are
force>>fed amphetamines and put to work in the
illegal>>logging industry, then left to die when their
bodies>>give out from overwork and drugs.>>Increasingly,
elephant handlers and their beasts>>are turning up on the streets of
Bangkok, where>>they make a living begging from tourists
while>>constituting an additional hazard to drivers
plying>>the already crowded streets of the
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